In just a few years, overdoses in Nevada prisons have increased nearly tenfold, according to prisons director James Dzurenda.

Inmate firefighters in California will receive higher pay and the state will make permanent firefighting camps that train and ...

The ACLU of Nevada lawsuit claims that a 287(g) agreement between Las Vegas police and U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

An Oklahoma man arrested, accused of impersonating an attorney and sneaking into the Oklahoma County Detention Center to see ...

The article discusses sexual assault, and contains graphic descriptions that may be offensive to some readers. “Guarded by ...

The article discusses sexual assault. In a small courthouse in southeast Idaho, a woman incarcerated at the nearby prison had ...

Nevada OKs $4.6M settlement with family who says beatings by staff killed prisoner. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

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A high-profile murder trial moved from Springfield to Peoria began Monday. Charged in the case is former Sangamon County ...